Gnarl
[nɑːl]
解释:
(verb.) twist into a state of deformity; 'The wind has gnarled this old tree'.
整理:罗德尼--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To growl; to snarl.
(n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
奥布里校对
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Growl, snarl.
编辑:普鲁登斯
解释:
n. a twisted knot in wood.—adj. Gnarled knotty twisted.
校对:诺琳
例句:
- The palish, gnarled trunks showed ghostly, and like old priests in the hovering distance, the fern rose magical and mysterious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The very oldest of the trees, gnarled mighty oaks, crowd about the brink of this dell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
克林特手打